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IUE-CWA, GE Reach Tentative Pact
IUE-CWA reached a tentative national agreement with General Electric Co., on June 15. IUE-CWA Division President Edward L. Fire said the settlement meets the union's goals of "safeguarding affordable health insurance and substantially increasing pensions for our members," among other gains.
ALLTEL Forces a Strike at Lexington and Ashland, Ky., Operations
ALLTEL workers in Kentucky, members of Communications Workers of America Locals 3371 and 3372, are manning picket lines in Lexington and Ashland, Ky., locations, focusing public attention on the company's demands to cut jobs and to slash health care coverage for workers and retirees.
CWA Presses Federal Court to Delay Decision on WorldCom Settlement
Washington, D.C. -- The Communications Workers of America called the proposed $500 million partial settlement between WorldCom Inc., and the Securities and Exchange Commission "a slap on the wrist" for a company that committed the largest case of corporate fraud in U.S.
CWA Backs Consumers' Right to Know on Call Center Communications
Trenton, N.J. -- The Communications Workers of America is urging the New Jersey Assembly's State Government Committee to take action to better protect consumers by requiring customer call center employees to identify themselves, their location, and their actual employer.